Ready For Takeoff
We chat to all the trainers with runners in the 2016 Cape Flying Championship
We chat to all the trainers with runners in the 2016 Cape Flying Championship
The R1 million Gr1 Cape Flying Championship provides a nice variation of high-class speed on the Met day programme and the weight-for-age conditions makes it a mouthwatering spectacle for the purists.
The nationally representative field sets a serious poser for punters with a muddling interprovincial form mix guaranteed to add spice to the cocktail.
The R1 million Betting World Gr1 Cape Flying Championship is the blue riband of the Cape’s summer of speed. The honour roll of the race speaks of champions and many have gone on to be household names and sires. Whether such an equine treasure is buried in the 2014 vintage remains to be seen. What we do know though is that whoever gets to lift the trophy will know that they have been in a bruising battle of wits and raw ability.
South Africa’s champion sprinter proved his impeccable credentials again at Kenilworth on Saturday
Saturday’s Cape Flying Championship is the Cape’s only Group 1 sprint and is a race steeped in a proud history over four decades.